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- The number 2600 represents the console’s original model number. During the development stage, the Atari 2600 was assigned the model number “CX2600.” However, when it was ready to hit the market, the “CX” prefix was dropped, and the Atari 2600 was named.
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Mar 28, 2003 · Yes, the model number was CX2600 ever since 1977, but it was always called the Atari VCS by Atari, other Atari companies, the press, etc. The public, by and large, simply called it 'the Atari'. It wasn't until 1982 when the 5200 was released that Atari rechristened the machine the 2600.
In 1982, to coincide with the release of the Atari 5200, Atari rebranded the console as the "Atari 2600", a name first used on a version of the four-switch model without woodgrain, giving it an all-black appearance.
Aug 12, 2005 · Originally, the Atari 2600 was called the Atari Video Computer System or VCS for short. It wasn't until much later that they started referring to it as the 2600 (for reasons already mentioned above; those crazy hacker renegade geeks).
The Atari 2600, also known as the Atari VCS (Video Computer System), is a home video game console released in 1977 by Atari, Inc. It quickly became a household name and laid the foundation for the modern gaming industry as we know it today.
I’m aware that it was renamed from the VCS to coincide with the new naming scheme of the Atari 400/800 computers as well as the Atari 5200 (which yes, is the number of 2 x 2600) but I’m wondering why the number 2600 was chosen in particular?
Jul 10, 2004 · People didn't start calling it the 2600 until Atari started explicitly marketing it as such, and that didn't happen until 1982 when the 5200 came out. Before this, although its model number had always been CX2600, it was marketed as the "Video Computer System"... but as anyone who was alive at the time will tell you, people simply referred to ...
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Aug 21, 2008 · Atari was founded in 1972, but its crowning accomplishments in console gaming and computers were the Atari Video Computer System (or 2600) and the Atari 400/800 line of personal computers.
